A Pseudotephritis approximata in Harford Co., Maryland (7/1/2019). Determined by Bob Biagi/BugGuide.
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Description
This picture-winged fly is distinguished by its rust-colored eyes, gray thorax with numerous black spots of various sizes, and bold wing pattern.
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A Pseudotephritis approximata in Harford Co., Maryland (7/1/2019). Determined by Bob Biagi/BugGuide.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Ulidiidae |
| Subfamily: | Otitinae |
| Tribe: | Myennidini |
| Genus: | Pseudotephritis |
| Species: | P. approximata
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| Pseudotephritis approximata Banks, 1914[1]
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Pseudotephritis approximata is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Pseudotephritis of the family Ulidiidae.[2]
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Pseudotephritis approximata ovipositing into a log
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Approximate distribution of Pseudotephritis approximata in the United States. States where the fly is found are shown in purple.
Distribution
[edit]Pseudotephritis approximata is found in the United States (Iowa, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and south to Mississippi and Virginia).
References
[edit]- ^ Banks, N. (1914). "A new ortalid fly". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 16: 138. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ Kameneva, Elena P.; Korneyev, Valery A. (2006). "Myennidini, a new tribe of the subfamily Otitinae (Diptera: Ulidiidae), with discussion of the suprageneric classification of the family" (PDF). Israel Journal of Entomology. 35–36: 497–586. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
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